Telegram-herald., 1887-04-15
.LIHCOLH'S REMAINS
TIE aaaf UNCOVERED lsl IDENTIFIED.
Eioa the Guard o. Honor Successfully
S1cssfad the Rsm4ins-fhs 6cdf
C Ars. Liaco.B Ais0 Removed
The Martyr President
Features Still Asc0g-
aizaEle,

spaIsanzLD. To-. April THE rsnasLss
Ct ne iais IrsziasnE i1aeola snd Mrs LA
caln we're removed. 0psnsd snd identified
today aEd tanned over 10 the Monument
Association bY lha Lincola Guard of H0ner.
On ne nizht CT November 2. 1875. Aulln
and Hagnes to Chicago thieves, made an
unsuccessful attempt - stsal The body CT
ths ate President Liacoln. The marble
saFcop1zs1s .l which 81 Vas enclosed and
0b.cb sas exposed ~ the r.eE 81 visitors
t8roagh the i-on grating on tie oOrlh side
Of the monument sas forced open and the
CoItn a4s faksn Gus 14t a. this point the
Fo0cers Nsre lnterfsred sifn Dg certain
persons secreied "a the monument VINO
had recelq-d ialoF1ali0n thal Tic robbery
uas - Be- attempted. -lucs that time the
public mind has Been ll state OF unCer-
iaialF as % he fsal resting place II the
marigss body = report having gone out
that it sas nos returned 20 the sareopbagas
after tie attempted robbery. AL the nlys-
terry tnss has attached 70 the mat
Ter Is u0N cleared away. 10 aaD-
pears thai the body Was replaced IA
t1e s8rcopnoEus and remained there
for about a week. The members Of the as
slClall0n. however, feil tlat 10 vas insecure.
ana t Nts subsequently removed - place
0i create safety. Finally Tho Lincoln Guard
of Homer. Whlch Is composed Of some OF
the best snoWn and NEST highly respected
citizens lf -prls sl-ic. vas Organized and one
of TIE duties 0t this association has been %
sacred y guard the body The dead President.
Darnx the month Of November. l.lo. the
na-mcers OF The guard. with their Own
hands. prepared = vault within the mOug-
ment for tie body. Aa excavation was
made la the earth aoout tnirty feet south Of
the sarcOphssu-. aud lbe body was safely
deposited therein and the mouth Of the ex-
cagation closed. Tue atmosphere az the
point where the excavation was
made Was almost sitting. and
the work vas prosecuted a. different
times during the stiffness Of the night with
nc human eye % witness save those who
we're assisting q the labor of love.
Two DAYS after tie funeral of Mrs. Lin
coin, Ia j -ly lss2. her body Was taken BY
TIE guard and laid beside TIA. OF her hus-
band. The members bound themselves by
The s0lemnity of an cath not % reveal what
had been done until The proper ume aud
faat iinis has now arrived. Today both ol
the bodies we're taken by the Lincoln Guard
OF Honor in the presence Of the Monument
Association and placed IN q new receptacle
prepared i0v them during the wsek. This
receptacle IS "a the earlu near where the
sarc0phsgus has SO long stood. IL has on
the bottom twelve inches OF cement
aai has douhe Talis of brick The
erfranoe TO is. now that the bodies have
been placed in their final resting place. is
cemented over. and this viii in tine become
solid ~ rock. After this work had been
completed The bodies were formally turned
over By Tie Guard % The Monument Asso-
cisti0n aad scceQte1 By It. Before being
tnaliv Inferred the body q Lincoln va.
orcnsd anL identified. The bair sad beard
have falira OF and thu lace IS discolore-
bus the contour IS still perfect and the fscs
is said % strongly resemble that Of ths
broczc statue on tne monument.